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Love Calm Quiet · Jan 18, 2005, 06:08 AM

Okay, so sometimes I'm dense. But maybe a lot of people are, too. So when a thread gets locked, maybe a brief post by the mod explaining the lock would help us appreciate what was the infraction?

In particular, I couldn't figure what was wrong with the thread about Mac mini upgradeability?

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=241910

Explaining that one would be cool... but might it not be better to have a (member-educating) policy for mods to summarize the violation (e.g., "no 10GB jpgs" - or whatever). Might especially help bring newbs up to speed.

OreoCookie · Jan 18, 2005, 06:43 AM

Another one for /dev/null

MacGorilla · Jan 18, 2005, 07:38 AM

In Before Request Denied(tm)

CaseCom · Jan 18, 2005, 12:11 PM

At the top of that forum:

No more Mac mini threads!

All Mac mini threads started after this message is posted will be unconditionally closed. Use existing threads.

tooki

tooki · Jan 18, 2005, 12:51 PM

What makes no sense to my is why people don't even look before posting. Sometimes, they post a question that's literally one line down from the top.

We put that big announcement at the top (that's where we put announcements), prohibiting any more Mac mini threads because at the time I posted, there were already over a dozen threads. Since I posted the prohibition, approximately 30 more threads were posted. Would we really have needed 45 open Mac mini threads? Hardly.

So, if you don't take time to read the announcements at the top of the forums, you might get burned, because we take things seriously.

Love Calm Quiet, you not only ignored the "no more Mac mini threads" notice, you also posted an oversize inline image, in clear violation of our inline image guidelines.

tooki

Dale Sorel · Jan 18, 2005, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
What makes no sense to my is why people don't even look before posting.

Uh, wouldn't that be me rather than my.

Nice that you look before posting

tooki · Jan 18, 2005, 06:08 PM

I'm allowed to make the occasional typo, thank you very much. I still have better orthography and grammar than most of the punks here.

tooki

ManOfSteal · Jan 18, 2005, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
I'm allowed to make the occasional typo, thank you very much. I still have better orthography and grammar than most of the punks here.

tooki

MacGorilla · Jan 18, 2005, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
I'm allowed to make the occasional typo, thank you very much. I still have better orthography and grammar than most of the punks here.

tooki

d00d

Dale Sorel · Jan 18, 2005, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
I still have better orthography and grammar than most of the punks here.

OK, now I know you're not talking to me

Buy the way, I've seen a lot of images in the forum lately that are breaking your size rules. Why don't you stop jawing and get to work

Love Calm Quiet · Jan 18, 2005, 11:49 PM

Tooki...
Sorry about posting to the thread. I hadn't notice the new Sticky. (or even the new forum notice at that point).
Also, I'm confused about the "oversize inline image". I am SURE that I did not.

(I don't remember that I've ever put *any* image in a forum post.

)

tooki · Jan 19, 2005, 12:58 AM

My apologies... I didn't realize that you aren't the original poster of that thread.

tooki

CaseCom · Jan 19, 2005, 02:11 AM

Awww... group hug!

Love Calm Quiet · Jan 19, 2005, 06:45 AM

I'll pass on the group hug... but THANKS, Tooki.

One of the things I appreciate about the forums is the patience with all the (uncountable) idiosyncracies (my denseness included)!

alphasubzero949 · Jan 21, 2005, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by tooki:
I'm allowed to make the occasional typo, thank you very much. I still have better orthography and grammar than most of the punks here.

tooki

Haha...own3d